Honey Cakes

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 29, 1 February 1929, Page 12

Honey Cakes

(SOMB honey is usually regarded as the best when it can be obtained, but there are many excellent brands of extracted honey on the market. It should always be clear and pale gold in colour, Dark honey is usually cheaper and poorer in quality, although many people prefer the stronger flavour. For cooking purposes the less expensive varieties.can be used with good results. A favourite way of using honey is in honey cakes. Sieve ilb. flour, 1 teaspoonful ground ginger, 1 teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda, a pinch of salt and grated nutmeg. Beat 4oz. butter and 4oz. sugar to a cream and stir in the flour, $lb. honey and two well-beaten eggs. Mix well together with a little milk. Pour into a shallow greased cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour, then dust with icing sugar. Honeyed Apples. Baked honeyed apples are an excellent sweet for children. Core the apples and fill the centres with honey. Bake in the ordinary way, and while cooking pour honey over them two or three times. Served hot they are delicious. Honey vinegar is an old-fashioned remedy for colds. Take equal quantities of warm honey and white vinegar.

mix well together, and bottle. A teaspoonful of this two or three times a day will ease coughs and sore throats. Date Gems. 2 eggs, 14 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 14 tablespoons "Anchor" milk powder, 1 cup water, 4 cup dates (stoned and chopped), 4 teaspoon salt. To Make the Milk.-Mix the water and the milk powder according to directions given. Method.-Beat the eggs, add the milk and flour, and beat until smooth. Add the baking powder, milk powder, and the dates; mix thoroughly. Bake in greased gem pans in quick oven 20 minutes. Serve hot for preference. Plain Muffins, 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1} tablespoons "Anchor" milk powder, 1 egg; 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon butter or dripping. Method.-Sift the flour, baking powder, milk powder, salt, and sugar together, add slowly the egg and water. Now add the butter and mix well. Grease the muffin pans, and drop a spoonful of the butter mixture in each pan, Bake in moderate oven.